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18 Apr 2024

Independent record stores around the country are preparing to celebrate all things vinyl for this year’s Record Store Day on Saturday April 20th. 

18 Apr 2024

BIRA, the British Independent Retailers Association, has announced its partnership with this year’s SME National Business Awards., joining the 2024 awards as a leading sponsor, backing...

18 Apr 2024

A Midlands fish and chip shop is celebrating 40 years in business and offering half-price chips to mark the milestone.

18 Apr 2024

Assaulting a shop worker is to be made a separate criminal offence in England and Wales as part of a government response to a wave of retail crime. 

18 Apr 2024

Eleven new businesses that have opened in the last year in the historic arcades of Cardiff city centre’s Morgan Quarter, made up of the Morgan and Royal arcades, have helped the arcades...

15 Apr 2024

The Rediscovery Centre, the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ireland, today announced its partnership with Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for...

3 Apr 2024

Research by the University of Stirling and the Scottish Grocers’ Federation has shed light on the impact of rising staff costs on the convenience retail sector in Scotland.

3 Apr 2024

With large national chains increasingly disappearing from the high street, Drapers magazine has been looking at how independent department stores are stepping up their offerings to...

2 Apr 2024

The Baking Industry Awards return for their 37th year and are once again ready to recognise and reward the very best people, products, and businesses in the sector. The awards showcase the...

2 Apr 2024

Walsall's cycling community has been celebrating a family-owned business which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year.
 

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ACT's Independent Business Guide - did you get your copy?

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

The ACT might be the oldest bicycle association in the world, celebrating 100 years this summer, but it is also one of the biggest, delivering business schemes worth c£300m p.a. to the industry.

Alongside supporting over 4000 specialist cycle retailers and supply partners the ACT is a leading member of the Independent Retailers Confederation, lobbying Government on behalf of over 100,000 indie retailers on matters that impact your business.

Already recognised as a leader in business support, autumn 2015 sees the range of services and support on offer to members grow, as well as improvements to the already successful Ride it away retail finance scheme, plus further international expansion for the ACT and Cytech.

If you haven't received your copy of the ACT's Independent Business Guide in the post, you can view it online by clicking the image below, or visit us at Cycle Show, stand F48a to pick up your free copy.

For more information on anything included in the Guide, call us on 01273 737 831, email info@theact.org.uk or visit us at the Cycle Show.

 

 

 

 

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